Archive for the ‘Seating’ Category
The Latest in Recliner Chairs
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There are so many to choose from, so where do I even begin? Firstly, if you have an open kitchen in need of bar stools, the Toto Swivel Bar Stool looks like a classic barber’s chair with brilliant new colors. It will give an amazing touch to your kitchen area with a fun addition that looks old school yet classic. Let’s move on to the living room, shall we? The Petal Lounge Chair is a complete work of art, so you have to get ready for it. It comes with an ottoman, and it really does look like a series of petals all in a row so that when you see it, the ottoman almost appears to be part of the chair!
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For a truly luxurious afternoon, you need the Corbusier Modern Chaise Lounge, which simply by looking at it makes you want to lay back and relax with its designer headrest and comfortable shape.
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One of the most popular choices for living room recliners, though, has to be the Nicole Ergonomic Chair, which looks as comfortable as it sounds. You can choose different bright colors of leather, but the point of the matter is that this will offer you ergonomic seating in every position so you have no choice but to recline in style!
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Modern Bar Stools, Wooden Lounge Chairs, Contemporary Furniture |
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Classroom Blues
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I was in J’s school the other day (his early school days n how he gets mad if I am not on time!), and guess what, the whole school experience came alive in front of my eyes. Waiting for him, I glanced through the classrooms and found out that little has changed in terms of furniture. The same old chairs peeping back…. my mind revolted, “Can’t we have something better?’’. I did put up my thoughts in the suggestion box but before I could say, I had to find out if there has been a change in classroom furniture ( !!)…. including chairs that kids spend quite some time sitting on…
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On briefly going through some models, I liked a couple. I have done a few murals for the junior classes just when the school went into business, and hopefully they wouldn’t mind me suggesting good chair models too. You can use them at home too, right next to the study table. Here are some I lay my eyes upon,
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The Catie Student Chair is a fabulous design. The ergonomics are just puuuurfect. The arched back and seat in textured Polypropylene looks like work of great detail. It makes sitting easy(such a small thing but great work). The rack below is great for keeping school bags, and its neatly done using tubular steel frame. All the eight colors look great…I guess the large tablet arm is great for smaller kids…
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Another sleek version would be the Catie Armchair with a regular flip up table arm and bookrack. The tubular steel frame is sturdy and the ergonomic seat and back use the same Polypropylene in 8 great colors. The chair with bookrack can be opted with or without arm, for home versions…
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Both the chairs are by Izzy Designs—Greenguard certified, meeting ANSI/BIFMA standards with limited lifetime warranty.
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Accent Chairs, Metal Bar Stools, Contemporary Furniture
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NFL and Lounging…
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The 88th season of professional American football leagues kicked-off on the 6th September, and it was fun. Well me, I was all with the Colts (smiles…), can well imagine the excitement that waits on the 30th December. The playoffs start on January 5, 2008, ending with the league championship game, Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008…can’t be there, but I am excited…..
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For football buffs like me who can’t be at hand, a great LCD and relaxing couch are a must, and the thrill is there…we love enjoying a match with friends! This football season, let’s talk of comfort. Yes, I mean all the more important with the ardeline-rush….keeps me wanting to relax back after a shot….
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We recently changed our old sofa (yea, it was getting cranky) and though it has nothing to do with the NFL season, we and our friends are really happy with the settee….and football is goin’ to be fun at home….we had two choices and I must confess all were equally stunning….
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The Bjork two Seater in leather (gorgeous, gorgeous leather) is designed for long hours at a stretch. The sofa can be arranged in a straight line or in a curve and the remarkable feature offering choice of multiple reclining positions. Can be opted as 2/3/4 seater, just perfect for amphitheatre and home theatre. Suit your mood with the 3 positions: flush with the seats, raised to an armrest position, or lifted, when it unveils a remote control pocket and a convenient tray with cup holders. Quite chic…right! Check out the colors….
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For single seater, I would say the Janis Recliner Chair was rather impressive. Again an ergonomic design(not understated, it realyz cool), the chair has an release knob for backrest adjustment and another footrest activation knob separately. There is a footrest activation handle and armrests follow the backrest movement, down to the sleeping position. Wow….well, wow….
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And the Kym Reclining Chair draws for its super-modern appeal. I think they have incorporated a patented Plus system in the design. I think it has great substance, and the looks are super-modern…..
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We opted for the Bjork for we wanted a 2-seater, but must say we were tempted…..
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Leather Sofas, Home Theater Seating, Modern Furniture
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Harry Bertoia
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The Diamond chair is a popular translation of design success in the 50’s. The name behind the success is not unfamiliar—Harry Bertoia had his own way amidst a host of contemporary European designers— he sculpted online furniture store wonders! Alumni of the Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Bertoia trained on a scholarship at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. In 1943, he joined the Charles and Ray Eames team for the Evans Product Company, which experimented on molded-plywood seating. His studio in Pennsylvania is where the ‘Diamond’ chair was born and the year was 1950. Made of welded steel latticework, the design gained immense popularity and he received royalties that allowed him to focus on his sculpting career.
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The Bertoia Diamond Arm Chair used welded steel with rods in polished or satin chrome. Quite the zing thing for modern furniture model of the times, the chair was made scratch, chip, and chemical-resistant, also remarkable was the wire seating that included glides. Cushions were secured to the chair with lock-snaps. Full covers stretched over the wire seat basket and attached to seat basket with hooks. In Bertoia’s words, “If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes right through them.” I guess in his words we have the best description of the legendary chair.
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Harry Bertoia’s passion for sculpting can be seen in some of his early sculpts, especially the Torry pine tree, native to La Jolla, California where he started his early sculpting career between 1947-1949. It is a compelling piece. Well, historically, the piece is unique as being his very first wall-mounted piece; secondly it also exemplifies Harry’s expression of nature. The composition of the sculpture is technically complex and dynamic. The unique part is the way it allows the eye to travel through several branches and complex paths, and yet complete tree form is never out of sight. It is a moment captured, and the tree is growing.
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Interestingly, Bertoia never signed or titled his work, for he believed the piece itself was a signature. He thought what he created belonged to the universe (that inspired the work); and that he did not need to apply his name or a title. He believed that a signature or title forced personality, meaning, and value, calling attention to the artist rather than the piece itself. He liked to stay away from classification and categorization. Instead he chose to convey his connection to the universe, and not necessarily remain bound to earthly conventions. Well, to him and his free spirit…. cheers!
Accent Chairs, Outdoor Metal Chair, Modern Furniture
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Le Corbusier
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Le Corbusier is a legend. The gifted architect was also a designer, urbanist, writer and painter known for his precious contributions to modern design and architecture. The post is dedicated to the life of this versatile man. Born as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a small town in Northwestern Switzerland; his childhood was spent surrounded by Jura mountains, which is close to the French border. As a child, Le Corbusier was attracted to visual arts, and trained under the keen eye of Charles L’e Plattenier at the La-Chaux-de-Fonds Art School in Budapest and Paris.
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He worked for the office of Auguste Perret in 1907, the French founder of reinforced concrete. In 1910, he worked near Berlin for the renowned architect Peter Behrens. In his early years, he traveled around Europe. It is in Berlin that he learnt the German language fluently. In line with progressive architecture and European design furniture of the times, he designed the Maison-Domino, a basic building prototype for mass production consisting of freestanding pillars and rigid floors.
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In 1918, he met Amédée Ozenfant. Expressing their discontent over Cubism, Ozenfant and Jeanneret started a Purist journal L’Esprit Nouveau. It advocated the use of modern industrial techniques and planning to transform society into a more efficient environment with a better standard of living at all socioeconomic levels. Later, after he settled in Paris he wrote a book ‘Vers une architecture [Towards a New Architecture]’, based on his earlier articles in L’Esprit Nouveau. I think the bookz a must for anyone wanting to understand his ideas….
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Le Corbusier joined his cousin Pierre Jeanneret in 1922. During the time, Le Corbusier’s ideas began to take physical form; mainly as houses he created as “a machine for living in” and which incorporated his trademark five points of architecture (from the book). He believed that his ideas on new, modern architectural forms were capable of providing methodical solution for improving the quality of life of the lower classes. He designed the ‘Immeubles Villas’, which were large blocks of cell-like individual apartments piled one on top of the other, with plans that included a living room, bedrooms, and kitchen, as well as a garden terrace.
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Le Corbusier’s role as modern furniture designer came forth in 1928 after he invited Charlotte Perriand to join his studio. Along with his cousin, the three of them collaborated on many successful designs. The same year, Le Corbusier and Perriand started applying principles outlined in his 1925 book L’Art Décoratif d’aujourd’hui into practice. His popular furniture types listed in the book: type-needs, type-furniture, and human-limb objects. He defined human-limb objects as: “Extensions of our limbs and adapted to human functions that are. Type-needs, type-functions, therefore type-objects and type-furniture.” He believed that the human-limb object is a docile servant. “A good servant is discreet and self-effacing in order to leave his master free. Certainly, works of art are tools, beautiful tools. And long live the good taste manifested by choice, subtlety, proportion, and harmony”.
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The first results of the collaboration were three chrome-plated tubular steel chairs designed for two of his projects, The Maison la Roche in Paris and a pavilion for Barbara and Henry Church. The line of furniture was expanded for Le Corbusier’s 1929 Salon D’Automne installation, equipment for the Home. Few of his designs can be found on Spacify—Le Corbusier LC4 Chaise Lounge, Le Corbusier LC6 table and the popular Le Corbusier LC1 Pony Chair.
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Seating, Swivel Barstools, Contemporary Furniture
Mart Stam
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A post on Mart Stam my fave European designers, Stam was also an important architect and urban planner. His contributions to the 20th century European architecture and his breakthrough modern furniture are all too well known. After studying at the Royal School for Advanced Studies in Amsterdam, he worked as a draftsman in an architectural practice in 1922. One of his major work includes part design of the Van Nelle Fabriek in Rotterdam, a tea and coffee factory that reflects early attempts at modern industrial design. A dispute over the design ownership made him leave the office of Leen Van der Vlugt, the designer credited for the blueprint. His major architectural buildings include Ernst May’s Weimar Frankfurt housing project, the idealistic May Brigade, postwar reconstruction work in Germany. In 1923 at Zurich, he co-founded the magazine ‘ABC Beitrage zum Bauen’ (Contributions on Building) along with architect Hans Schmidt, future Bauhaus director and Swiss communist Hannes Meyer, and El Lissitzky.
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On modern design, he revolutionized the industrial material steel tube to make over expectations of the domestic market with his sleek chair designs that was a whiff of oxygen over the typical bulky upholstered chairs and sofas. The first cantilevered Mart Stam Tube Side Chair was made using continuous steel tube, forming both the base and arms. The handlebar back cross piece of the earlier model has now been removed. Stam instantly rose to fame with the chair, which he originally built for his wife using gas piping sections and ‘L-shaped’ fittings. He presented the design details at the preliminary conference of the Stuttgart Weissenhofsiedlung in November 1926. This chair began to be produced by several companies in Italy during the 1960’s. At present, it is one of the most widely sold modern chairs, and you can find one on Spacify.
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I also like his Modern Stool, a contemporary bar stool constructed from triple chrome plated metal frame with fully upholstered foam filled seat. The Bar Stool is welded with anti tip devices.
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On furniture prospects, his innovations led to a radically new profile for chairs, dining tables, coffee tables and desks. An honorary member of the Bauhaus in 1928, Stam and was the director of the Amsterdam Institute of Applied Art from 1939 to 1948, he also headed the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste from 1948 to 1950, and the Kunstakademie Berlin-Weissensee from 1950 to 1953.
Recliner Chairs, Stacking Chairs, Modern Furniture
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Bouquet Chair—Moroso
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You believe ‘delicate’ is the word to describe flowers; all I can say is think again, for the Bouquet chair is a flower for you to sit on. One of the most contemporary designs in modern chair, Bouquet has been designed for Moroso, an Italian designer furnitures manufacturer. Tokujin Yoshioka built the prototype out of 30,000 sheets of tissue paper (!!!!!) Later the tissue paper was replaced with faux suede in the final version. The little garden bouquet chair is an extraordinary piece of furniture…….
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Another popular creation by Moroso, the Pane/Panne Chair has been named after its unique manufacturing method that used a mold that bakes the raw materials in a large oven, hardening and securing their form. Moroso, wanting to create a similar concept within practical course, introduced different prototypes in Milan that conformed to any body contour. Upholstered in a puffy white quilted industrial fabric used for carrying precision instruments, pulled over the chair for
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The work of Tokujin is truly innovative in the sense that it draws unpredicted aptitude from modern day materials and gives shape to extraordinary designs. Born in Japan in 1967, Tokujin Yoshioka trained under Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake, and set up Tokujin Yoshioka Design in Tokyo. He has worked with Issey Miyake for over 20 years to fashion different things, like the Issey Miyake and A-POC stores and an installation at the Cartier foundation in Paris entitled Issey Miyake Making Things. His Honey pop and Tokyo pop chairs designed for Driade are a popular, and so is his Japanese garden, a futuristic design for the Driade store in Milan, a Tofu lamp for Yamagiwa, shop windows for Hermes, the Toyota stand at the Tokyo car show and the Stardust chandelier for Swarovski Crystal Palace.
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Chaise Lounge, Adirondack Chairs, Modern Furniture
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Tapas Modern Barstool
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These kitchen tables would be the starting point for your kitchen remodeling. Cast in contemporary and futuristic designs, the furniture reflects a master craftsman’s idea of what a modern kitchen should look like. All the designs are specially suited for easy storage, use and stacking. Each piece economizes on space and at the same time allows maximum comfort. The restaurant furniture will be the most flattering way to welcome your customers. Each counter stool is ergonomically designed to make sitting most comfortable. The chrome design makes the furniture easy to clean and stack as exemplified in the Tapas Modern Barstool.
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Dining Furniture, Kitchen Bar Stools, Modern Furniture
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Swing in the bar
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The guide for today is the very neat and simple bar stool. Counter stools allow a soft spot for conversation. They def. remind me of many cherishable moments spent sipping soup and juices with friends after a long day at school and college. And of some of the best party times chatting n dancing around and even on top of them sometimes. Here are a few styles i am hoping you’ll enjoy.
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I have included fabric stools to follow up the vitals on stool base and to be on the economical grounds. Like the Pineapple bar stool, a rattan and sea grass construction that looks like the coziest thing for most kitchen counters. I like the Bohemian style and the swivel motion, not to miss the soft removable ecru microfiber cushion making it easy to clean. The toast finish is great; there is a choice of upholstery with faux leather et al. check in…
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On similar lines, i love the Bahamas breeze design done in abaca weave and hard woods. The eco-friendly removable cushions are great with particle board platform beneath. The outward tapering legs are cool, and the choice of leather/fabric upholstery makes sense. Also try the La Questa bar stool with its delicate Spanish / Mediterranean flair. Features beaded spindle twist shaped front legs with upholstered back with nail head trim. Hmmm….Fabric is Brown faux distressed leather, 100% polyester. Cottonwood finish with Antique Black / Bronze multi-step, metal finish nail head trim and foot braces.
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Swivel Bar Stool, Kitchen Chairs, Contemporary Furniture
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